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An unexpected way to upcycle: Plastic waste transforms into soap , articleGuoliang “Greg” Liu of the Department of Chemistry has discovered a new method of recycling plastics — from milk cartons, food containers, and plastic bags — into soap. The method: Heat the long carbon chains in the plastics then quickly cool them.
Date: Aug 10, 2023 -
Video ItemWhat's Your Major? - Nanoscience , video
Nathan shares about his studies in nanoscience and his interest in materials science.
Date: Apr 13, 2023 -
Video ItemWhat's Your Major? - Systems Biology , video
Ben shares why he studies Systems Biology in the Academy of Integrated Science.
Date: Apr 13, 2023 -
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Lauren Childs honored with fellowship by Association for Women in Mathematics and Cornell University , articleThe award grants a mid-career mathematician a residential fellowship in the Cornell University Mathematics Department without teaching obligations.
Date: Mar 09, 2023 -
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In its sixth year, College of Science Dean’s Discovery Fund supports wide array of research , articleThis year’s grants exceed $160,000 for projects focused on cancer research, battery materials, inflammatory bowel disease, age-related distractibility, the development of antibiotics, and more.
Date: Oct 18, 2022 -
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Academy of Data Science Discovery Fund awards support interdisciplinary research , articleThe projects supported in this year’s awards focus on the use of data science methods in the fields of geophysics, medicine, and systems biology.
Date: Oct 18, 2022 -
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Students selected for Roanoke’s first undergraduate biomedical research cohort , articleThe students studying in majors in the College of Science are part of the inaugural Integrated Health Sciences and Research Program at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC.
Date: Sep 22, 2022 -
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Casting for data on microplastics in the ocean , articleWith the new Seale Coastal Zone Observatory, Robert Weiss, a professor of geosciences, aims to model the present and future effects of microplastics on the marine environment and its life.
Date: Sep 02, 2022 -
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Celebrating a summer of science education , articleNearly 160 high school and middle school students attended one of four youth camps, with 46 at Explore Science for 7th-9th graders, and – all geared toward 11th-12th graders – 35 participants at Explore Data Science, 32 at Explore Physical Science, and 45 at Explore Life Science
Date: Aug 19, 2022 -
Video ItemNanoscience training gives teachers big ideas about tiny science , video
Kristen Cox graduated from Virginia Tech in 2016, and has recently returned to campus to participate in the College of Science and their Academy of Integrated Sciences Nanoscience Teacher Training. Activities included hands-on experiments, and demos of electron microscopes. Cox, now a teacher, hopes to bring back what she's learned from the workshops to ignite her students passion for science.
Date: Jun 27, 2022 -
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Neuroscience’s Michael A. Fox to hold I.D. Wilson Chair in the College of Science , articleA member of the Virginia Tech faculty since 2012, Fox is a nationally recognized neuroscientist and an expert on understanding how neuronal circuits form in the developing brain.
Date: Jun 22, 2022 -
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Virginia Tech nanoscientist seeks to develop thin films with a big payoff , articleSatoru Emori, an assistant professor in the Department of Physics, wants to create new thin films made of specially engineered magnetic materials, a project funded by a five-year, $500,000 National Science Foundation CARRER Award.
Date: May 24, 2022 -
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Lauren Childs to create improved models for tracking spread of disease , article
Childs, an assistant professor of mathematics, will use a five-year $550,000 National Science Foundation CAREER Award to develop mathematical frameworks that can decipher the dynamics of disease and suggest earlier, more effective interventions to mitigate the spread of disease.
Date: Apr 18, 2022 -
Video ItemUndergraduate lab integrates COVID vaccine development , video
College of Sciences' Chixia Tian has developed a lab course that integrates cutting-edge research and COVID vaccine development into undergraduate teaching. Specifically, it involves undergraduate nanomedicine majors learning how to fabricate liposomes and load DNAs into the liposomes.
Date: Mar 25, 2022 -
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Microbiologist Frank Aylward to use $989,000 NSF CAREER Award to study ‘giant’ viruses found in ecosystems , articleAylward, an assistant professor in the Department of Biological Sciences, will use the award funding to better understand how such viruses affect ecosystems.
Date: Mar 17, 2022 -
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Robert Weiss named director of Academy of Integrated Science in College of Science , articleThe academy was started in 2011 by the late Lay Nam Chang, then dean of the College of Science, with the mission of exploring powerful new approaches to current complex scientific problems.
Date: Mar 08, 2022 -
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Analytics in sports: There’s a stat for that , articlePaul Sabin – an ESPN sports data scientist who received his Ph.D. in statistics from Virginia Tech in 2019 – will be sharing his analytical insights at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 16 as the keynote speaker in “Nerds and Jocks Unite – What's Next in the Sports Analytics Revolution?” part of the Northern Virginia Technology Council Data Science Speaker Series in partnership with Virginia Tech.
Date: Feb 11, 2022 -
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Geoscience expert to study why continents break apart where magma is missing , articleD. Sarah Stamps, an associate professor in the Department of Geosciences and part of the Virginia Tech College of Science, wants to put her expertise in continental rifting in Africa. Stamps recently was awarded a $3 million National Science Foundation grant.
Date: Jan 03, 2022 -
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Geosciences’ emeritus professor Michael F. Hochella honored with two society medals for research , articleHochella, a University Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Department of Geosciences, recently was honored with the Geochemical Society Clair C. Patterson Award and the American Chemical Society Geochemistry Division Medal.
Date: Oct 07, 2021 -
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New speakers developed partly at Virginia Tech promise big and energy-efficient sound , articleChemistry's Guoliang “Greg” Liu has designed a prototype “electrostatic” speaker that boasts the thinnest and lightest-weight speaker membrane with the highest aspect ratio ever and is 10 to 100 times more energy efficient.
Date: Aug 24, 2021
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